I've been trying out a lot of different skills for my wizard & still have trouble fighting solo. If anyone could give me some advice that would be great. I don't mind playing in a party but I just wanted some opinions. I really want to keep 1 armor skill so i can keep my Galvanizing Ward passive skill. I also want to keep Magic Weapon(blood magic) in my active skills so I have 2 healing skills.
left click skill = open
right click skill = open
f1 = Magic Weapon (blood magic)
f2 = armor skill (ice armor, storm armor, or energy armor)
f3 = open
f4 = open
passive 1 = Galvanizing Ward
passive 2 = open
passive 3 = open
Builds depend highly on gear. If you have very high dps you can run Archon, which is a very fast and very efficient build at low MP levels. If you have higher resistances and armor, you can try a CM melee build, which is more efficient at higher MP levels and works well for soloing uber bosses, but is a bit more gear dependent than Archon (because it requires some amount of LoH, crit, APoC, and defensive stats).
I've been playing around with this and it's been a nice change of pace, beyond that I'm not sure what else to tell you, I try to avoid mainstream builds if I can.
EDIT: It also depends on what MP your looking for, gear, MF, etc... The build I linked is fun for MP 1-2 with average gear but nothing more than that.
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Builds depend highly on gear. If you have very high dps you can run Archon, which is a very fast and very efficient build at low MP levels. If you have higher resistances and armor, you can try a CM melee build, which is more efficient at higher MP levels and works well for soloing uber bosses, but is a bit more gear dependent than Archon (because it requires some amount of LoH, crit, APoC, and defensive stats).
Archon with Storm Armor: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#VmQSjT!Ygd!YZYcac
meant for MP0-2. I run MP2 but I have 215k dps and I still die from time to time because my defensive stats are pretty low. You can swap Storm Armor for Energy Armor with Prismatic Armor or Pinpoint Barrier runes for more survivability but I highly recommend keeping with MP0-1 unless you have 200-400k dps. Teleport rune is optional but I find it helps immensely against elites and also speeds up the farming runs. I don't recommend taking Teleport rune without illusionist though, as you'll be tempted to use it to move ahead only to have it on CD when you really need it. For some reason it doesn't work with CM.
WW CM spec http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#VQhYXO!Wgb!YYcZac
This works for all MP levels but really shines at higher MP, provided you have enough survival stats to stay alive and enough dps to kill elites relatively efficiently. You can swap Prismatic Armor for Storm Armor - Shocking Aspect if you run a lower MP or have enough EHP. I'm at 450k EHP or so and I prefer PA for MP7 because Electrified mobs tear me apart if I switch to shocking aspect. Pinpoint barrier is another alternative that I haven't tried. Also, Teleport is somewhat optional, though I find it very useful. Potential alternatives include Magic Weapon - Blood magic, Archon - Arcane Destruction and Slow Time with either the 10% attack speed or 20% extra damage rune, among others.
I like the WW CM spec better for key farming and Archon for paragon leveling/loot farming. Each build has many alternatives and there's several threads in these forums with more details about each spec.
yuo might also reconsider using blood magic, in inferno there's an 80% life steal decrease, so blood magic doesn't really help you. I'd go with spectral blade-healing blades if you fin yourself low on HP
yuo might also reconsider using blood magic, in inferno there's an 80% life steal decrease, so blood magic doesn't really help you. I'd go with spectral blade-healing blades if you fin yourself low on HP
The problem with spectral blades is you need to be in melee range, which makes it unusable for almost any spec besides a CM melee based build and those builds are better off just using LoH and Deep Cuts or WW. Even with the life steal decrease in inferno, when you're packing 100k DPS the life return is pretty significant. 0.003*100k*3 = 900 Life per second for Archon beam per target. When combined with LS on a weapon you can get as high as 4.5% and the difference between 3% and 4.5% on damage reflect mobs can be very noticable.
left click skill = open
right click skill = open
f1 = Magic Weapon (blood magic)
f2 = armor skill (ice armor, storm armor, or energy armor)
f3 = open
f4 = open
passive 1 = Galvanizing Ward
passive 2 = open
passive 3 = open
Crusader DPS and EHP Spreadsheet, meant for Crusaders
My Wizard
This could work with a two hander but your damage may be low still
http://us.battle.net...XSjT!YZU!acaZaZ
I've been playing around with this and it's been a nice change of pace, beyond that I'm not sure what else to tell you, I try to avoid mainstream builds if I can.
EDIT: It also depends on what MP your looking for, gear, MF, etc... The build I linked is fun for MP 1-2 with average gear but nothing more than that.
meant for MP0-2. I run MP2 but I have 215k dps and I still die from time to time because my defensive stats are pretty low. You can swap Storm Armor for Energy Armor with Prismatic Armor or Pinpoint Barrier runes for more survivability but I highly recommend keeping with MP0-1 unless you have 200-400k dps. Teleport rune is optional but I find it helps immensely against elites and also speeds up the farming runs. I don't recommend taking Teleport rune without illusionist though, as you'll be tempted to use it to move ahead only to have it on CD when you really need it. For some reason it doesn't work with CM.
WW CM spec http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#VQhYXO!Wgb!YYcZac
This works for all MP levels but really shines at higher MP, provided you have enough survival stats to stay alive and enough dps to kill elites relatively efficiently. You can swap Prismatic Armor for Storm Armor - Shocking Aspect if you run a lower MP or have enough EHP. I'm at 450k EHP or so and I prefer PA for MP7 because Electrified mobs tear me apart if I switch to shocking aspect. Pinpoint barrier is another alternative that I haven't tried. Also, Teleport is somewhat optional, though I find it very useful. Potential alternatives include Magic Weapon - Blood magic, Archon - Arcane Destruction and Slow Time with either the 10% attack speed or 20% extra damage rune, among others.
I like the WW CM spec better for key farming and Archon for paragon leveling/loot farming. Each build has many alternatives and there's several threads in these forums with more details about each spec.
Crusader DPS and EHP Spreadsheet, meant for Crusaders
My Wizard
The problem with spectral blades is you need to be in melee range, which makes it unusable for almost any spec besides a CM melee based build and those builds are better off just using LoH and Deep Cuts or WW. Even with the life steal decrease in inferno, when you're packing 100k DPS the life return is pretty significant. 0.003*100k*3 = 900 Life per second for Archon beam per target. When combined with LS on a weapon you can get as high as 4.5% and the difference between 3% and 4.5% on damage reflect mobs can be very noticable.
Crusader DPS and EHP Spreadsheet, meant for Crusaders
My Wizard